Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates Acknowledges the 215 Children Discovered at Former Residential School in B.C.
What We Do
Ensuring the Government of Nunavut provides ethical, equitable, and consistent services that meet the needs and support the rights of young Nunavummiut, and the families, who rely on them.
If anyone has a complaint about a department's service, or is unable to receive a service for a young person and/or their family, they can bring it to the attention of our office for review.
All information reported to our office is confidential and can be reported anonymously.
Individual Advocacy
Individual advocacy means working one-on-one with a child or youth, listening and helping the young person address his or her concerns.
Systemic Advocacy
Systemic advocacy involves reviewing issues affecting larger groups of young Nunavummiut.
Public Awareness
We want all Nunavummiut to understand what child rights are, what we do, and how we do it!
Reviews of Critical Injuries and Deaths
Our office can review child deaths and serious injuries to help prevent similar events in the future.
We are currently developing this area of work.
What Are Child Rights?
Child rights are things you should have, like a safe place to live, or things you should be able to do, like go to school and learn in your own language, so you and your family have what you need to make good choices for your life.
In support of your rights, government must make sure you and your family have access to all of these things.
How do Inuit societal values and child rights work together?
In Communities
Community Visited: Coral Harbour
Visit Date: 02/10/2020 to 02/13/2020
What's New
News
In Communities
02/28/2020
Diana’s trip to Coral Harbour involved visits to various service providers and the Sakku school. Students seemed to enjoy participating in the Raise Your Voice: Self-Advocacy Workshop and Sila is Cold presentations. Thanks for the warm welcome and hospitality!
Child Rights Resources
05/12/2021
June 11, 2021
What I've learned about Individual Advocacy
I spent my first four weeks at the Representative for Children and Youth’s Office working with the Individual Advocacy (IA) team.
Visit Us
We welcome in-person visits to our office. Please contact us beforehand to schedule an appointment.
3rd Floor, Qamutiq Building
PO Box 488 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0
Emergency Contacts
If you feel you or a child you know requires emergency help, call one of these numbers right away.